What early civilization was influenced by it’s geographical features? Describe the geographical features.
Why did civilization develop in the Fertile Crescent?
What does it mean to refer to Mesopotamia as the “Cradle of civilization”?
Who was Hammurabi? What did he do? Why was he important?
How did the code of Hammurabi contribute to the development of civilization?
Who was the Babylonian King who united the city states of Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform?
What is polytheism?
Who was Sargon?
Describe the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia.
What are some of the inventions of Mesopotamia?
Describe the religion of Ancient Mesopotamians
What factors led to the development of civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Project due 11/6/17
Lucy Project due Monday November 6
In your class
we have studied Lucy the seleton of the first female hominid species. This was the first evidence of humans walking up tight from 3.2 mill
years ago. Her bones have been in Ethiopia at The National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.bruh
Task #1: Create a journal about Lucy’s museum tour. Research the locations using the latitude/longitude coordinates provided. Find the names of the museums that Lucy was exhibited at. As a museum curator, write a fact about Lucy that you would want the public viewing her to learning is fun.
Write a minimum
of two facts and one paragraph for each fact, explaining why it is important. You must include at least one piece of text evidence!
Task # 2 Using the map provided please identify the cities that she was exhibited at.Label the points on the map. Find the name of the Museum that she was exhibited at.
Find these locations for Lucy’s journey Name of Museum
Originated at 9.0384 N, 38.7617 E
Stop #1 29.7219 N , 95.38 W
Stop #2 47.619 N, 122.35 W
Stop #3 40.75 N, 73.98 W _
Stop #4 30.28 N, 97.733 W (only here for 10 days for CT scans) _
Stop #5 40.783 N, 73.9712 W _
Stop #6 41.8663 N, 87.617 W _
Stop #7 33.763 N, 117.8682 W _
Reference Article on Lucy can be found at this website
Here are the Museum names if you are stuck- The Field Museum Discovery Times Square Pacific Natural Science Center University of Texas National Museum of Ethiopia Houston Museum of Natural Science Museum of Natural History Bowers Museum
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Unit 2 Vocabulary Vocabulary- Magic Word!
Timeline: a line with marks that show when particular events happened in the past chronology: the order in which a series of events happened era: a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc. prehistoric: the period before written records
millennium: a period of 1,000 years
century: a period of 100 years decade: a period of 10 years
B.C.: before Christ; used to refer to the years that came before the birth of Jesus Christ B.C.E.: before the Common Era; used to refer to the years that came before the birth of Jesus Christ; B.C.E. is now often used instead of B.C., especially in scientific writing A.D.: refers to the years following the birth of Christ; A.D. stands for the Latin phrase Anno Domini, which means “in the year of the Lord”
C.E.: Common Era; refers to the years that come after the birth of Jesus Christ; C.E. has the same meaning as A.D.; C.E. is now often used instead of A.D., especially in scientific writing – circa: about or around; abbreviation c. or ca.
You will be writing a travel article about the country of Japan and connect it to the 5 themes of geography.
Features of Good Travel Writing Here is where you will find info and links for research.
Intro After seeing the exciting summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we decided it seemed like a great destination. Brazil is located in South America,which is in the southern hemisphere, so this time of year is a great time to visit because it is technically the spring season. Covering almost 50% of South America, Brazil is bordered by Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia,Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and the Atlantic Ocean. If you wanted to find it on a map, it is located at 14.2350° S, 51.9253° W . It is near the Equator so the temperature is quite warm and humid,so dressing with this in mind is a great idea. There are so many things to see- there are mountains, rain forests, the jungle and beautiful beaches.Brazil is well-known for exotic animals and plants and the Amazon River.
Body 1
My friend Mary and I took the 13 hour flight to get there from New York. Our flight left at 10 pm, so we were hoping to get some sleep on the way down.The plane had to stop in Venezuela to refuel. Boy, I can't believe how tired you can get from just sitting for so long but we were too excited to sleep! We were able to get a snack there. Thankfully,I knew enough spanish to order some papas fritas (French fries) and jugo de naranja ( orange juice)A few hours later, we arrived and it was really hot when we left the airport. We got a bus to our hotel and checked in. I tried to speak to our driver in Spanish and ask him about things to do but he didn’t understand me. I didn’t know they spoke Portuguese! Guess I should have purchased a portuguese dictionary!
Body #2
After seeing so many pictures of Corcovado in Brazil, we decided to travel there. But first, we had to change our American dollars to Brazilian current called the “Real” I asked the hotel workers how to get “real” money but they kept looking at me funny! It turns out that it is pronounced “hey-ow” so they didn’t know what I meant! My friend Mary and I thought that was hysterical! We had to take a train to get there from our hotel so we traveled to the Corcovado train station in Cosme Velho. Corcovado is breathtaking! It took 9 years to build (1922-1931) and it is covered with 6 million tiles. We read that it was 200 steps we had to climb to get to the top. Many complained it was hard to get up there, so the government decided to install a series of escalators and elevators in 2003 to make it easier. It is 98 ft tall and overlooks the whole city!
Please notice that in the introduction, it covers the geography theme of location and many parts of place.
The body paragraphs show movement, place, region(money) and HEI (Built stepsto reach monument)
Timeline: a line with marks that show when particular events happened in the past chronology: the order in which a series of events happened era: a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc. prehistoric: the period before written records
millennium: a period of 1,000 years
century: a period of 100 years decade: a period of 10 years
Here is a link to additional information about Hammurabi
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/hammurabi.html
Study guide Questions
Study Guide - Mesopotamia Unit
Project due 11/6/17
Lucy Project due Monday November 6
In your class
we have studied Lucy the seleton of the first female hominid species. This was the first evidence of humans walking up tight from 3.2 mill
years ago. Her bones have been in Ethiopia at The National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.bruh
Task #1: Create a journal about Lucy’s museum tour. Research the locations using the latitude/longitude coordinates provided. Find the names of the museums that Lucy was exhibited at. As a museum curator, write a fact about Lucy that you would want the public viewing her to learning is fun.
Write a minimum
of two facts and one paragraph for each fact, explaining why it is important. You must include at least one piece of text evidence!
Task # 2 Using the map provided please identify the cities that she was exhibited at.Label the points on the map. Find the name of the Museum that she was exhibited at.
Find these locations for Lucy’s journey Name of Museum
Originated at 9.0384 N, 38.7617 E
Stop #1 29.7219 N , 95.38 W
Stop #2 47.619 N, 122.35 W
Stop #3 40.75 N, 73.98 W _
Stop #4 30.28 N, 97.733 W (only here for 10 days for CT scans) _
Stop #5 40.783 N, 73.9712 W _
Stop #6 41.8663 N, 87.617 W _
Stop #7 33.763 N, 117.8682 W _
Reference Article on Lucy can be found at this website
https://www.revolvy.com/topic/Lucy%20(Australopithecus)&uid=1575
Here are the Museum names if you are stuck-
The Field Museum
Discovery Times Square
Pacific Natural Science Center
University of Texas
National Museum of Ethiopia
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Museum of Natural History
Bowers Museum
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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary- Magic Word!
Timeline: a line with marks that show when particular events happened in the past
chronology: the order in which a series of events happened
era: a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc.
prehistoric: the period before written records
millennium: a period of 1,000 years
century: a period of 100 years
decade: a period of 10 years
B.C.: before Christ; used to refer to the years that came before the birth of Jesus Christ
B.C.E.: before the Common Era; used to refer to the years that came before the birth of Jesus Christ; B.C.E. is now often used instead of B.C., especially in scientific writing
A.D.: refers to the years following the birth of Christ; A.D. stands for the Latin phrase Anno Domini, which means “in the year of the Lord”
C.E.: Common Era; refers to the years that come after the birth of Jesus Christ; C.E. has the same meaning as A.D.; C.E. is now often used instead of A.D., especially in scientific writing – circa: about or around; abbreviation c. or ca.
Unit 1 Review
Travel Brochure Writing
You will be writing a travel article about the country of Japan and connect it to the 5 themes of geography.
Features of Good Travel Writing Here is where you will find info and links for research.
links to information about Japan
links for japan article
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_ja.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/japan/#japan-gardens.jpg
We will complete our graphic organizers in class. You may use this when you are writing the travel article in class.
Here are some things to help you
5 Themes or Geography hand out5 themes
Travel starter planning page
travel starter
My sample first paragraph:
Intro
After seeing the exciting summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we decided it seemed like a great destination. Brazil is located in South America,which is in the southern hemisphere, so this time of year is a great time to visit because it is technically the spring season. Covering almost 50% of South America, Brazil is bordered by Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia,Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and the Atlantic Ocean. If you wanted to find it on a map, it is located at 14.2350° S, 51.9253° W . It is near the Equator so the temperature is quite warm and humid,so dressing with this in mind is a great idea. There are so many things to see- there are mountains, rain forests, the jungle and beautiful beaches.Brazil is well-known for exotic animals and plants and the Amazon River.
Body 1
My friend Mary and I took the 13 hour flight to get there from New York. Our flight left at 10 pm, so we were hoping to get some sleep on the way down.The plane had to stop in Venezuela to refuel. Boy, I can't believe how tired you can get from just sitting for so long but we were too excited to sleep! We were able to get a snack there. Thankfully,I knew enough spanish to order some papas fritas (French fries) and jugo de naranja ( orange juice)A few hours later, we arrived and it was really hot when we left the airport. We got a bus to our hotel and checked in. I tried to speak to our driver in Spanish and ask him about things to do but he didn’t understand me. I didn’t know they spoke Portuguese! Guess I should have purchased a portuguese dictionary!
Body #2After seeing so many pictures of Corcovado in Brazil, we decided to travel there. But first, we had to change our American dollars to Brazilian current called the “Real” I asked the hotel workers how to get “real” money but they kept looking at me funny! It turns out that it is pronounced “hey-ow” so they didn’t know what I meant! My friend Mary and I thought that was hysterical!
We had to take a train to get there from our hotel so we traveled to the Corcovado train station in
Cosme Velho. Corcovado is breathtaking! It took 9 years to build (1922-1931) and it is covered with 6 million tiles. We read that it was 200 steps we had to climb to get to the top. Many complained it was hard to get up there,
so the government decided to install a series of escalators and elevators in 2003 to make it easier. It is 98 ft tall and overlooks the whole city!
Vocabulary- Magic Word!
Timeline: a line with marks that show when particular events happened in the past
chronology: the order in which a series of events happened
era: a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc.
prehistoric: the period before written records
millennium: a period of 1,000 years
century: a period of 100 years
decade: a period of 10 years